The Angami Nagas, with some Notes on Neighbouring Tribes

Abstract

MR. HUTTON'S excellent monograph on the Angamis is a more than welcome accession to the series of monographs dealing with the Naga and other indigenous tribes now under the control of the Government of Assam. The volume is a very valuable contribution to the ethnological literature of the Naga Hills, and reflects great credit both upon the author, who has made full use of his opportunities, and upon the Government under the auspices of which it has been published. Ethnologists, local administrators and many others will feel grateful to the authorities for their praiseworthy encouragement of the scientific study of the natives for whose welfare they are responsible. Such detailed study is not only of value from the ethnological point of view, but has also a practical bearing upon the administration of native affairs. Accurate knowledge of the habits, customs, beliefs and culture-environment in general of primitive peoples promotes sympathetic and equitable treatment and control, and prevents those misunderstandings and unintentional acts of injustice which are due to ignorance of the native point of view, ethics, and social organisation.

The Angami Nagas, with some Notes on Neighbouring Tribes.

By J. H. Hutton. Pp. xv+480. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1921.) 40s. net.